Visual Merchandising Manager

Dyson; Malmesbury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyson seeks a Visual Merchandising Manager to develop and implement a cohesive VM strategy across global retail markets. This role involves collaborating with various teams and crafting guidelines to enhance customer experience in-store. The successful candidate will need strong creativity, leadership skills, and a solid background in retail visual merchandising.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance-related bonus scheme

Competitive pension scheme

Life assurance

Discounts on Dyson machines

Free bus travel to campus

Generous holiday allowance of 27 days

Free on-site parking

Access to on-site sports centre

Private medical and dental insurance

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior visual merchandising role.
• Strong understanding of retail environments.
• Exceptional communication skills to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the Global VM Strategy.
• Create VM guidelines and toolkits.
• Lead VM strategy for store openings and campaigns.

Skills

Communication

Creative thinking

Collaboration

Education

Experience in visual merchandising

Job description

About Us

Dyson is a global technology company with a unique philosophy - to solve problems that others ignore, first. It transforms every category it enters with radical and iconic re-inventions that work, perform, and look very different .

Our culture is unique; The mindset is geared to constant change and Dyson’s pace brings constant challenge. Dyson suits people with the courage and resilience to find their own way, spotting opportunities where others don’t , and having the self-belief to persevere where others give up.

About The Role

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Visual Merchandising Manager to join our Global Retail Design team. This role will be pivotal in shaping and delivering the global VM strategy, ensuring consistent, impactful, and brand-aligned retail execution across all markets. The successful candidate will act as a strategic partner to global market teams, offering expert guidance, tools, and frameworks to elevate our in-store storytelling and customer experience.

You will:

•Develop and own the Global VM Strategy: Define and evolve the overarching visual merchandising strategy in line with brand positioning, product launches, seasonal campaigns, and business objectives.

•Market Enablement & Support: Partner closely with markets and retail delivery teams to align execution with global direction whilst ensuring local requirements and cultural nuances are represented to central.

•Guidelines & Toolkits: Create clear, compelling VM guidelines, toolkits, and training materials to support consistent implementation across all store formats.

•Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Retail Design, Marketing, Business Units, and Store Operations teams to ensure a seamless end-to-end brand and product narrative in-store.

•Innovation & Trends: Stay ahead of visual merchandising trends, retail innovation, and competitor activity to continually refine our VM approach.

•Performance & Feedback: Support the measurement of VM impact in-store, using customer insights and retail KPIs to guide continuous improvement.

•Store Openings & Rollouts: Lead VM strategy and support for key store openings, refurbishments, and seasonal campaigns.

About You

You will have:

•Proven experience in a senior visual merchandising role, ideally within a global or multi-market retail environment.

•Strong understanding of retail environments and how VM drives customer engagement and commercial performance.

•Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and guide diverse stakeholders.

•A collaborative mindset with the confidence to lead, coach, and inspire others.

•Creative thinking combined with strong commercial acumen.

•Experience developing and delivering guidelines, training, and toolkits.

•Willingness to travel internationally as needed.

Benefits

Financial

• A competitive salary

• Performance-related bonus scheme

• Competitive pension scheme

• Life assurance

• Discounts on Dyson machines and retail purchases

• Free bus travel to and from campus (from Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, and Swindon)

Lifestyle

• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days (plus bank holidays)

• Free on-site parking

• Free on-site lunches, fruit, and hot drinks

• Access to on-site sports centre, gym, hair salon, and lifestyle assistance

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme

• Option to purchase additional holiday days

Health

• Private medical insurance and dental insurance

• Employee assistance programme

• Digital GP services

• On-site physiotherapy and GP services

• Prescription service

• Fertility treatment support

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Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.